strategy, undersecretary state blanket and under the national security adviser but also under president biden has been fairly straight and forth right now. i think this is some free ranging by speaker pelosi. doesn t have a reputational impact in the united states? of course it does. but beneath the surface, as we all know, the administration is desperately trying to stop talk speaker pelosi out of it. as a friend and partner of the united states but now heading a think tank, i would also urge speaker pelosi simply to postpone the visit, send some other congressional representatives at this stage. they are so many tender boxes at the world of the moment. why unnecessarily add an additional tinderbox when we ve got so much else we are wrestling with?- else we are wrestling with? kevin, thank yom the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says the us has offered a substantial deal to russia, aimed at freeing american detainees brittney griner and paul whelan. mr blinken sa
this is where i felt the safest. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. a new coordination centre has begun work in turkey part of a complex deal to restart blockaded grain exports from ukraine. it s an effort to ease a global food crisis that is affecting millions around the world. more than 20 million tonnes of grain is waiting at ukrainian docks. the aim is to export five million tonnes a month, matching pre war levels. richard galpin reports. from the start of the war back in february, russian forces has been blockading ukraine s black sea ports preventing exports of ukrainian wheat and other grains vital for the food supply of many countries around the world. according to officials, there are around 20 million tonnes of grain in ukraine. with fears growing of global food shortages, it seems there may now have been a breakthrough with a deal agreed by the two sides. it is hoped it will be possible for ships to be inspected near turkey and t
Hello, iraqi forces in Anbar Province lost 20 soldiers in a battle with fighters from Islamic State from iraq and lavante and a crucial breach that connects the city of baghdad and troops trying to take it back from the group and its close to an air base used by u. S. And iraqi soldiers and i. S. I. L. Suicide bombers attacked it on thursday but iraqi forces pushed back i. S. I. L. Fighters and we are in baghdad and she explains why this area is important. Reporter the Iraqi Military is continuing to evacuate families from the city of baghdad in western anbar amid fierce fighting there, i. S. I. L. Has taken according to security sources a bridge between the city of baghdad in the Western Province where tribed combined with iraq fight i. S. I. L. And controls most of the province and fighting particularly fierce around there which is not far from the military base the huge base almost a small city is home to u. S. Military trainers as well as its coalition partners. And there was an at
Is looking increasingly unlikely. Hello, thank you for joining us. We begin with the fight against the Islamic State of iraq and the levant where more than a hundred men and nine boys have been kidnapped by isil fight necessary iraq. They belong to one of the biggest tribes in the country. This comes assist fighters have found themselves under attack from Kurdish Forces in the province in syria. And its a strategic area as it borders territory controlled by the group in iraq. In all of this, the special envoy to syria as they try to secure opposition support for a fighting freeze in aleppo. Well hear about the fighting in syria. First, well get the latest on the kidnappings in baghdad. There is no word on the fate of these men and boys who were taken away. The tribe tells us that 127 of the tribesmen were originally kidnapped. This was three days ago. The news just filtering out now because of Difficult Communications there. Its a village east of tikrit where fighting has been going on
Leonard nimoy dies at the age of 83. Police in mexico arrested the Drug Cartel Leader called the Knights Templar. The government offered a 2 million reward. His cartel ruled through extortion and intimidation, but had recently been driven out of many areas by vigilante groups. The arrest is the latest success for the government, two Others Leaders were captured last year. We are in mexico city. What made him stand out from these Cartel Leaders . Well, la tuta gomez of the famous for being in a very horrible and grizzly way an innovator. He made two cartels that dealt with drugs and movement of drugs to the u. S. , moved that on in terms of extortion. He was extorting lime groves to give the knights of templar extorting lime growers avocado growers, businessmen in the town were paying a certain amount to the cartel to keep operating. They even delves into iron ore exportation, all the way allegedly across to china so they had lots of different activities going on there. He was at the he